Your spinal cord has nerves that send signals or messages back and forth between your brain and the rest of your body. Spinal cord compression occurs when a mass places pressure on the cord. A mass ...

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate ...

February 22, 2007 (New Orleans) — Researchers are reporting encouraging preliminary outcomes with the use of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) as a treatment for axial back pain associated with ...

Careful patient selection and stimulation programming can improve management of axial low back pain with spinal cord stimulation, report researchers at the 23rd annual meeting of the American Academy ...

Cervical myelopathy is a condition that happens when the spinal cord in the neck is compressed or squeezed. There are many things that can cause this, but one of the most common is cervical ...

Spinal degeneration is an unavoidable part of aging. For some, it leads to compression of the spinal cord which can cause problems with dexterity, numbness in the hands, and the ability to walk. New ...

A 58 year-old woman developed right neck and shoulder pain followed by paresthesias down the right arm. Two weeks later, she noted her right foot was limping. On examination, her right biceps reflex ...

Patients with axial spondyloarthritis treated with secukinumab achieved a reduction in spinal pain and improved disease activity measures early in treatment. Secukinumab can effectively reduce spinal ...